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Bill Gates at the European Commission - 2025 - P067383-987995 (cropped)
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Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union
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CC BY 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Bill Gates 2018
By
United States Department of Health and Human Services
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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比尔·盖茨

比爾·蓋茨
Bǐ'ěr Gàicí
proper noun #45,248

Meanings

  1. 1 Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and major philanthropist

About Bill Gates

born 1955 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Co-founded 微软 (Microsoft) with Paul Allen in 1975 and was for years the world's richest man. Since 2000 he has given much of his fortune through the Gates Foundation, mainly to global health.

Also called  比尔盖茨、 比尔·盖兹

Examples

HSK 7-9
比尔·盖茨创办了微软公司。
Bǐ'ěr Gàicí chuàngbàn le Wēiruǎn gōngsī.
Bill Gates founded Microsoft.
HSK 7-9
很多人认为比尔·盖茨是世界上最有影响力的慈善家之一。
Hěnduō rén rènwéi Bǐ'ěr Gàicí shì shìjiè shàng zuì yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì de císhànjiā zhīyī.
Many consider Bill Gates one of the world's most influential philanthropists.

Tips

culture
The middle dot · between 比尔 and 盖茨 is called 间隔号 and is the standard Chinese way to separate the given name and surname of a Western figure.

In Pop Culture

微软 Wēiruǎn
Microsoft
Software giant Gates co-founded with Paul Allen in 1975.
比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会 Bǐ'ěr jí Méi líndá · Gàicí Jījīnhuì
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
World’s largest private charitable foundation, focused on global health and education.

Stroke Order

比 bǐ
尔 ěr
盖 gài
茨 cí